Shade or globe holder.



P. S. HUBBARD & A. P. HIRSCHFBLD.

SHADE OR GLGBB HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ROY/.18, 1912 Patented Mar. 18, 1912 Mi W 325% fwM ing shell, detached.

applied or removed, which United Siaies, residing and represent, in

in shade or globeh .lal and the invention consists in the construcinsrr STATES FRANKS; HUBBARD AND ALFRED hummer-Jeni), F linemen, coimiaor co'r;

T all whom z'tmay concern Be itlmown that we, FRANK S. HUBBARD and ALFRED P. I'IIRSCHFELD, citizens of the at Mei-idem, in the' county of New Haven, and State of ConnectineW and Useful l'mfollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the character: of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descript qe of'the same, andwhi'ch said drawing constitute part of this applicatigm,

v Specification of Letters Patent. Application med wovemberia ma;

threads 14 for -th 'e spring. fing globe is insert Figure 1a side: view partly. in vertioai" section ofa shade or globe holder con-- strncted in accordance with our inventioh and shown in connection with ah incandesa cent electric lamp and. shade therefor. Fig. 2 a side view of the honne't, detaclied.' Fig; 3'

a SldG view of the clamping ring, detached.

Fig. 4 e' side View ofthe ates to aniimprm ement 'lder's, and particularly to shade or globe holders forincandescen't electric-lamps, and more especially for the, iamps for use in railway cars.

The object of this -invention is'to producea shade or globe holder in which the shade or globe may be readily andconvenientiy- This invention rel or globe firmly. not only to prevent acciden' removal, but also to prevent rattling;-

tion hereinafterdescribed and particularly damp socket 7 recited in the claims.

f In carrying out our invention, ive empld of any approved design, provided ah-its lower edge withsc'rew treads 3, and *ahthe upper end with a threaded e nening 4:, for connection Wiih'o couplingpiece 5, this coupling ioieee' havin'g a threoded' ste n 6' to which ordinary ihcandescent electric is attached; Surrounding the. socket within the ho meiianjd held bctwe'eii the upper end of the socket-and the honnetcisa shade or globe holding shell 8'formed with a series ofo' emc e slots 9 proiridin 11 of which spring-fingers thelowc'r en s ere how ed outward end then iiomaihg'to .the'upper edge of a ehedeor globe i2, gurroimdmg the bonnet ice cow sufiicient friction to withdrawing due shade or globe hold 1 I 1. I A shade or globeholder will hold a Shade .in said hoimet and.

slightly inward, I a

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3 and having the inner surface 15 of its engagement with the threads lower edgc flaring outward so as mmmi 11 against the edge of a shade or globe.

' To insert ashade or globe, it is only' hcces sary, io turn the coupling rm-g upward away from the spring: free to'sprmg outward soliicicntly for the introduction of the upper edgc of the shade orglobe wil'hin'them.- When ihe'shade oh "edwithin the spring flo ers the hliplin'g b edge will ,clamp against thesprihg fingers'll and crowd them into close engagement. with theshade orv globe, and, this may he safely done with to any. which may iah efplace. I yproiiiding acest metal bonnet, a very firm fixture ii:

jarring action we prefer to eillfQiOy a. cast meio'l bonnet and cast metal clamping ring, it islconcei'vable' that. the bonnet might be struck up from heavy sheetmetaL' v.We claims bonnehexternaliy' threaded at'it s lower end,

prevent the ring from' comprising I fingers 11 which are then ring l'3is screwed down into posit on when the" lower provided and the spring shade or glob'e holder is fully protected; andwhilo a shade or giobe-h'olding' shell Within said bonnet and "formed at its lower edge with sprihg fing'ers', and aciainping' ring 's11rf round ng the bonnet and havingthreaded .90

., projecting below the lower edge offihe h'on net into engagementwith a metal bonnet 2; preferably ofcast ineta v comprising a bonnet adapted to be enga-ged at ,ii shpper 4 end with iis lower edgc With external.

ihrcadSQa shade or globe holdingshellwith 'progeci'ing beyond the lower-end thereof, said shade or globe holdingj shell provided oh. its lower end with spring fingers andacoupling ring having; a threaded'engagement withthelower end of the bonnet and projecting below the lower cndihereof into engagement withfl-saicl sprlng'fingers;

With aloonnet, of'a coupling-piece with which saidlconnet isvengaged, said bon-- in a shade orglobe-holder the coinl i-- nation net formed at its lower end with external threads, a lamp socket within said bonnet and connected with said coupling piece, a shade or globe holding shell surrounding said socket within said bonnet, said shade or globe holding shell formed with a plurality of spring fingers, the outer ends of which project out-ward beyond the edge of said bonnet, and a. coupling ring having threaded engngenwnt with the bonnet and extending beyond the same and adapted to contract the spring fingers of the shade or globe holding shell.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

FRANK S, HUBBARD. ALFRED l. I-IIR SCH FE! Al Witnesses:

W. A. HALL, \V. .lRVlNG SMITH. 

